Los Angeles Times Owner Vetoes Editorial Board’s Endorsement Of Kamala Harris. Is It Because He Is Trump’s Friend?

Black Star News Editorial Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons The Los Angeles Times maybe facing an internal crisis after South African-born billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly refused to allow the Times editorial board to endorse Vice-President Kamala Harris for president. Veteran California journalist, Mariel Garza, who worked on the Times editorial board for a decade, resigned in protest. Why did Soon-Shiong overturn the editorial board’s decision to endorse Vice-President Harris? Could it be because of Soon-Shiong’s friendship with Donald Trump? Soon-Shiong, on X, denied vetoing the editorial board’s endorsement. He claims “The Editorial Board was provided the opportunity to draft a factual analysis of all the POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE policies by EACH candidate during their tenures at the White House, and how these policies affected the nation. In addition, the Board was asked to provide their understanding of the policies and plans enunciated by the candidates during this campaign and its potential effect on the nation in the next four years. In this way, with this clear and non-partisan information side-by-side, our readers could decide who would be worthy of being President for the next four years. Instead of adopting this path as suggested, the Editorial Board chose to remain silent...